Breaking: Over 20 Bandits Storm Abuja Community, Kidnap Five, Including Family Members

Five residents, including a whole family, were abducted during Sunday night’s attack on the Chikakore neighborhood in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by no less than twenty armed robbers.

According to police sources on Monday, the attackers broke into the homes of their victims, including Adesiyan Akinropo, a Southwesterner, at approximately 11 p.m. in the Health Center extension axis in Chikakore.

“The man (Akinropo), his wife, and their visitor’s son were abducted. Another neighbor was then taken by the bandits, bringing the total number of victims to five.

“A woman was also hurt on the head by the criminals using the gun’s butt. She had to be sent to the hospital right away since she was bleeding heavily. Later, Byzahin division police officers arrived on the scene, but the attackers had already fled,” the source revealed.

It was discovered that a meeting to discuss the event had been set for Monday between the police officers and the community leaders.

According to one of the residents, the cops arrived one and a half hours after the incident.

“In Chikakore, the bandits have started attacking again. Here in this community, we require a police division. Although a five-bedroom apartment and land have already been constructed to house the cops, no deployment has taken place as of yet.

“In the Sunday incident, the policemen came one and a half hours after the bandits had escaped with their victims,” she said.

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Our reporter’s attempts to contact the FCT police command for comment were unsuccessful since Josephine Adeh, the command’s spokesperson, did not return our calls.

In early January, bandits who had escaped from Katsina State’s Kankara Local Government Area set up explosives in the Chikakore village, which is only five kilometers from Kuchibuyi.

Police say at least two people were killed in the unfortunate explosion at an Islamic school in Kuchibuyi, in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja.